Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data by Nair, Bharath, Palomo, Ismael Rodríguez, Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, Sarah, Collins, Matthew James

“…Assessing the extent of deamidation can inform us about parchment production patterns and quality. …”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…Objective To determine if preterm birth, defined as gestational age <37 weeks, is lower for women living in counties with higher well-being, after accounting for known individual risk factors.Design Cross-sectional study of all US births in 2011.Participants We obtained birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics which included 3 938 985 individuals.Main outcomes measures Primary outcome measure was maternal risk of preterm delivery by county; primary independent variable was county-level well-being as measured by the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index (WBI).Results Women living in counties with higher population well-being had a lower rate of preterm delivery. …”
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Strategic Coupling and Its Impact on the Survival of Taiwan-Invested Enterprises in Chinese Mainland: A Configuration-Based Perspective by Sun Jiping, Wei Suqiong, You Xiaojun, Chen Jindong

“…Various policies and events, such as the 2008 financial crisis, US-China trade frictions, policies encouraging Taiwan's business repatriation, the New Southbound Policy, and COVID-19, have negatively impacted TDI survival, with the pandemic having a relatively small effect on enterprises surviving to 2-8 years. …”
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Identification of species in the genus Nitraria L. (Nitrariaceae) based on nucleotide variability of nuclear ribosomal DNA by T. A. Poliakova, E. V. Banaev, M. A. Tomoshevich

“…Information about the nucleotide variability of fragments is given for the first time by us. The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region contained 17 phylogenetically informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Mapping a Magnetic Superstorm: March 1989 Geoelectric Hazards and Impacts on United States Power Systems by Jeffrey J. Love, Greg M. Lucas, E. Joshua Rigler, Benjamin S. Murphy, Anna Kelbert, Paul A. Bedrosian

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Clinical Characteristics of Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy in Eyes with Retinal Vascular Occlusion Diseases in Chinese Patients by Zhengwei Zhang, Yunjia Jiang, Xiaoli Huang, Zhifeng Wu, Bilian Ke

“…These signs alone probably represent milder ischemia and prompt us to carry out a comprehensive and meticulous examination to prevent the further development of the disease. …”
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The global, regional burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2021 by Weidong Yu, Danyi Zhou, Fanhao Meng, Jinjing Wang, Bo Wang, Jianling Qiang, Lijun Shen, Maofeng Wang, Hezhi Fang

“…Up-to-date statistics on pancreatic cancer would provide us with a better understanding of epidemiology and identify the causative risk factors for the prevention of this disease. …”
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Variation of Biophysical Parameters of the Skin with Age, Gender, and Body Region by Alireza Firooz, Bardia Sadr, Shahab Babakoohi, Maryam Sarraf-Yazdy, Ferial Fanian, Ali Kazerouni-Timsar, Mansour Nassiri-Kashani, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Yahya Dowlati

“…Understanding the physiological, chemical, and biophysical characteristics of the skin helps us to arrange a proper approach to the management of skin diseases. …”
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Association between the neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with kidney stone risk: a cross-sectional study by Yuan-Zhuo Du, Jia-Qing Yang, Ji-Ming Yao, Chi-Teng Zhang, Yi-Fu Liu

“…This study explores the relationship of the neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR) with the risk of kidney stones in U.S. adults.MethodsThe analysis involved 24,532 participants with available NHR and kidney stone data from the 2007–2018 NHANES period. …”
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PARTICULARS OF PURCHASING MEMORIES CULTURAL HERITAGE by Olena Ustymenko

“…The analysis of the main aspects of the specified grounds for the termination of the right of ownership allows us to assert the presence of «interpenetration» of the norms of private and public law, since the dispositive method of legal regulation inherent in civil law concerns only certain aspects of the circulation of monuments of cultural heritage, for example, the grounds for acquiring the right to own them. …”
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Immune-mediated mechanisms in acute osteofascial compartment syndrome: insights from multi-omics analysis by Qinzhen Lu, He Ling, Yonghui Lao, Junjie Liu, Wei Su, Zhao Huang

“…Comparative analysis of expression differences between AOCS and control groups, followed by in-depth examination, allowed us to unravel the intricacies of AOCS occurrence from a multi-omics perspective. …”
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Scaling up of parenting support to prevent violence against children in Tanzania: insights from policymakers and service providers by Sabine van Tuyll van Serooskereken Rakotomalala, Kija Nyalali, Joyce Wamoyi, Onduru Gervas Onduru, Gerry Mshana, F. Marijn Stok, Mara A. Yerkes, John B. F. De Wit

“…Conclusion Daly’s analytical framework allowed us to examine barriers and facilitators to scale-up the provision of parenting support to prevent violence against children, based on the viewpoints of policymakers and service providers. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF WORLD ORDER IN WESTERN IR STUDIES by M. V. Soljanova

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Design of a Medium Scale Ambient PM2.5 Cleaning System by Sheng-Chieh Chen, Qingfeng Cao, Thomas H. Kuehn, Charles Lo, Manoranjan Sahu, Yelia S. Mayya, David Y. H. Pui

“…However, it took more than 50 years for UK and US. As PM pollution is hurting people’s health on daily basis in many countries, a fast and inexpensive control technology should be developed to remedy the slow pace of source control. …”
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Case report: identification of novel variant in SLC26A2 gene and preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders in preventing diastrophic dysplasia by Ziravard N. Tonyan, Yulia A. Nasykhova, Maria M. Danilova, Elena S. Shabanova, Olesya N. Bespalova, Igor Y. Kogan, Andrey S. Glotov

“…A testing system was developed to analyze pathogenic variants in the SLC26A2 gene, alongside with indirect markers such as short tandem repeats and single nucleotide polymorphisms. This allowed us to identify linkage groups associated with the analyzed pathogenic variants during the in vitro fertilization cycle with PGT-M, enabling the selection of an embryo that did not inherit pathogenic variants from either parent. …”
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Predictors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma recurrence after surgical treatment by E. V. Kondratyev, A. D. Smirnova, G. G. Karmazanovsky, A. S. Tyan, N. N. Britskaya, M. G. Efanov, B. N. Gurmikov

“…We also identified associations between CT signs of ICC and mutations of IDH1/2 and MET genes, which may allow us to non-invasively obtain data on clinically significant molecular markers of tumors to apply a personalized approach to patient treatment.…”
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Assessing the salinization mechanisms of coastal brackish springs by Sanz, Esteban, Carrera, Jesús, Ayora, Carlos, Barón, Alfredo, González, Concha

“…These functions are specific to every brackish spring and representative of the karst system and salinization mechanism. They allow us to show that the spring salinity is mostly controlled by the weight of the water column flowing towards the spring mouth (for low flow rates) and by energy dissipation (for high flow rates). …”
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Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Admissions in the United States by Peter J. Mallow, Michael Mercado, Michael Topmiller

“…**Results:** There were 678 766 US and 3298 Cincinnati region individuals admitted for OUD treatment in 2017. …”
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Assessment of levels of navigation systems of medical organizations from the position of lean production by A. A. Kurmangulov, Yu. S. Reshetnikova, N. S. Brynza

“…Using the author's ALIDS method of audit of navigation systems allows us to give a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the navigation elements used in medical institutions. …”
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Gas Seepage along the Edge of the Aquitaine Shelf (France): Origin and Local Fluxes by Livio Ruffine, Jean-Pierre Donval, Claire Croguennec, Laurent Bignon, Dominique Birot, Anne Battani, Germain Bayon, Jean-Claude Caprais, Nadine Lantéri, Denis Levaché, Stéphanie Dupré

“…The PEGAZ sampler also enabled us to estimate the local gas fluxes from the sampled streams. …”
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